Dr. Rollman’s research focuses on developing novel interventions to treat mood and anxiety disorders in primary care and cardiac settings. He has been principal investigator on six NIH-funded R01 clinical trials including the Online Treatment for Mood and Anxiety Disorders Trial that evaluated the impact of treating patients with a computerized cognitive behavioral therapy program and Internet support group for treating depression and anxiety in primary care (Rollman BL, et al., JAMA Psychiatry, 2018); and the Hopeful Heart Trial presently testing the effectiveness of a “blended" collaborative care model for treating both heart failure and depression simultaneously.

Dr. Rollman pioneered the use of electronic medical record system alerts to identify patients for enrollment into clinical trials at the time of the physician encounter, and has published over 100 scientific papers, including first-authored papers in the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association, and has 4 U.S. patents. In addition to launching the Center for Behavioral Health and Smart Technology in 2015, he is the current president of the American Psychosomatic Society whose goals are to advance the scientific study of biological, psychological, behavioral and social factors in health and disease (www.psychosomatic.org). As a result of these and other projects and through nearly 25 years of primary care practice, Dr. Rollman has become highly experienced with state-of-the-art techniques for treating mood and anxiety disorders in non-psychiatric settings, mental health services research, and has established an international network of collaborators to inform his work

Educational Interest

Dr. Rollman directs the Center for Behavioral Health and Smart Technology (CBHST), a multidisciplinary group within the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Research on Health Care and Division of General Internal Medicine. Its mission is to provide an academic home for talented new investigators and junior faculty pursuing efforts at the intersection of clinical medicine, health services research, and computer science. Center members are presently focused on the development, evaluation, and dissemination of a variety of interventions that have the potential to address such challenging and costly health conditions in the areas of mental health, cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic pain, substance abuse, and obesity.